Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Weds 7-26-17 Jive

Good evening, it's Wednesday July 26th. This is the Jive at Five,
our daily community calendar and rundown of nighttime programming here on 88.1
FM WESU Middletown. By day, WESU offers talk radio from NPR and Pacifica, as
well as independent and local public affairs sources. Weeknights and weekends
our student and community volunteers bring you the best in free-form
programming.

I’m Bill Denert, producer and host of Thursday night's Evening Jazz where
"hearing is the best experience" and Connecticut's number 1
Washington Nationals fan! Thanx for joining us!

Here's a rundown of what's going down in our area this week.

The Middlesex Drum Circle meets at The Buttonwood this Thursday at 7 pm. On
Friday, enjoy West-African jazz fusion with singer/dancer Lorens Chuno. On
Saturday morning it’s the Aligned With Source Workshop, and the evening brings
you jazz with the Rosemary Minkler Trio. The Hearing Voices Network meets
Monday morning at 10:30. http://buttonwood.org

In New Haven at Café Nine tonight/Wednesday, they’ve got Curses, Unwill, In
Search of Solace, and more. On Thursday it’s The Rubinoos along with the
Shellye Valauskas Experience. Friday’s Happy Hour is with The Buttondowns,
followed by the night show headlining The Hymans. Saturday’s Jazz Jam Session
is with Billy Cofrances. The late show’s got The Zambonis, The Stents, and Dust
Hat. The Sunday Buzz Matinee brings you Sez Zion, and they round out the
weekend with the George Lesiw Band on Sunday night.http://www.cafenine.com/

Up in Hartford at Black-Eyed Sally’s, it's the Wednesday Community Blues Jam
hosted by Tim McDonald this week. On Thursday it’s Liviu’s Invitational. On
Friday they bring you Brooklyn Swamp music with the Michael Louis Band from New
York City. Saturday’s headliner is the Liza Colby Sound with good old rock ‘n’
roll.http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/
Tonight/Wednesday Manic Presents brings The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Spring
Heeled Jack, and Rebuilder at the College Street Music Hall in New Haven. And
on Thursday it’s The New Pornographers and Cloud Nothing. On Sunday, at The
Ballroom at The Outer Space in Hamden, they’ve got Moose Blood, Choir Vandals,
and McCafferty. http://www.manicpresents.com/
Tonight/Wednesday, Cherry St. Station in Wallingford presents singer/songwriter
Chuck Mosley (original Faith no more vocalist) appears. On Friday they’ve got
Half Dragon, Pinto Graham, Holding On To Nothing, and ThunderPhunk. On Saturday
it’s Part 2 of their 20th Anniversary Celebration, with a fundraiser for a new
roof.https://www.facebook.com/CherryStreetStation
At Toad’s Place in New Haven this evening/ Wednesday it’s Samatha Fish and
Remember September. Friday it’s another Bright Night Glow
Party.www.toadsplace.com

Riverfront Recapture in Hartford offers a free fitness class at Mortenson Plaza
in Hartford every Tuesday at 6 pm. There’s also free yoga every Wednesday at 6
p.m. Bring your own mat. Then there’s Thursday Nights on the Plaza, with free
music and more.www.riverfront.org

Tonight/Wednesday, the Russell Library is screening “Fences” during their
And The Oscar Goes To. . . film series. Also, the Connecticut Poetry Society
meets this evening/Wednesday at 6 pm. Fitness for Teens with Cromwell Martial
Arts happens Thursday at 6:30. On Saturday morning there’s Yoga in the
Courtyard, and they continue the hands-on fiddling tutorial sponsored by the
Connecticut Bristol Old Tyme Fiddlers Club. Full details of these activities
and more at www.russelllibrary.org

Mindfulness After Work happens every Wednesday at the Hartford Mindfulness Center
starting at 6:15. Register atwww.hartfordmindfulnesscenter.org

In Hartford, there’s free music at noon every Wednesday on Constitution Plaza,
provided this week by Becky Kessler. You can enjoy more on Friday with the
Pratt Street Music Series, featuring To The Power this week. www.hartford.com/events/

The Music at the Mansion series ends the season this evening/Wednesday at 6:30
at the Wadsworth Mansion in Middletown, with the performance by the multi-genre
band Sugar. The grounds open for picnicking at 5:30, and they’ve added food
trucks this year.www.facebook.com/WadsworthMansion/

At Infinity Hall in Hartford, there’s rock ‘n’ roll on Wednesday with the
Drive-By Truckers, appearing with special guest The Seratones. On Friday it’s
folk rock in their Backyard Music Series, with The Penniless Wild, The Girls
from Ruby Falls, and Belle of the Fall. Enter the Haggis comes your way on
Saturday with folk and world music. Details atwww.infinityhall.com

The Community Foundation of Middlesex County invites you to a Girl’s Night Out
with Sara MacSorley, author of “Super Cool Scientists,” this evening/Wednesday
at 5:30 pm at the Community Health Center on Main St., Middletown. Hear how she
chose the scientists for her coloring book, and learn about women in science.
Info at www.middlesexcountycf.org

The Wesleyan/RJ Julia Bookstore in Middletown invites you to welcome
award-winning sportswriter Steve Rushin this evening/Wednesday at their
Middletown location where he’ll be signing his new book, “Sting-Ray Afternoons,”
a memoir of a ‘70’s childhood. Details at www.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Sounds of Summer free concert series is back at the Great River Park in
East Hartford starting this Thursday at 6 pm. This week’s featured performer is
Full Crew, with oldies and classic rock. Details atwww.riverfront.org

It’s the last weekend of the Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival this
Thursday through Sunday happening on the grounds of the University of St.
Joseph in West Hartford. Enjoy the Capital Classics’ production of “Love’s
Labour’s Lost” every evening. Details atwww.capitalclassics.org

The Old State House in Hartford brings you free music every Friday at noon,
this week featuring the Klezmer Big Band Nu Haven Kapelye. www.hartford.com/event/

There’s free Music Among the Memorials this Friday at 6 pm at Cedar Hill
Cemetery in Hartford. Enjoy the bluegrass band Five in the Chamber. Rain date
is Saturday, same time. www.cedarhillfoundation.org

The Middletown Commission on the Arts and Price Chopper sponsor a free Summer
Dance Performance this Saturday at Middlesex Community College by the
Connecticut Ballet at 7:30 pm. Stay for a talk-back with performers afterward.
Details atwww.facebook.com/CityArtsOffice/

The Connecticut Historical Society hosts an all-day hands-on history workshop
for teens this Saturday, Introduction to Photography with professional
photographer Marc-Yves Regis, at their Hartford location. Details at www.chs.org

Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford brings you the Hartford Steel Symphony,
a steel drum/West Indies music group, as part of their free Summer Courtyard
Series this Saturday at 1:30 pm.www.charteroakcenter.org

Toivo is sponsoring an intimate evening with actress Jessica Pimentel from the
hit show “Orange Is The New Black” on Saturday at 7 pm at the Lyceum Resource
and Conference Center in Hartford. RSVP is required. Call 860-296-2338 X 113.

Artists for World Peace presents their 5th Annual Dance for Peace this Sunday
at 5 pm at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook.
World-class local and regional dancers will perform.www.artistsforworldpeace.org

Connecticut’s Farmers Markets offer an opportunity to enjoy home-grown goods
and support local growers. Open now are: Middletown’s North End Farmers Market
on Friday’s from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, as well as Middletown’s long running
market on the south green on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 1pm. Cromwell’s
market is on Fridays 4-7 pm; Durham, Thursdays 3-6 pm; and Glastonbury,
Wednesdays 4-7pm, Plainville Fridays 3-6 pm, and Berlin Saturdays, 9-1 pm. Info
at www.ctnofa.org
Now here's a rundown of cinema off the beaten track in Central Connecticut:

Hartford’s Real Art Ways continues the run of “Letters from Baghdad,” a
documentary about the British spy and explorer Gertrude Bell. Also continuing
is “Lost in Paris,” a hilarious story of finding love in the City of Lights.
Their Afternoon Movie series offering is “The Women’s Balcony,” an Israeli film
about women speaking truth to patriarchal power. On Friday they open “Marie
Curie,” a biopic of the Nobel-winning scientist. They also open “The B-Side:
Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography,” a movie celebrating her thirty-five year
career. Their Afternoon Movie will be Sofia Copolla’s remake of “The Beguiled,”
starring Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell. Details &screening times
atwww.realartways.org

Trinity College’s Cinestudio in Hartford continues the run of “ “Endless
Poetry,” an autobiographical tale from Chilean Renaissance director Alejandro
Jodorowsky, through Thursday. On Friday they open “Maurice,” a 4K restoration
of the 1987 classic about British aristocracy. It runs through the weekend.
Their National Theatre Live screening, happening Thursday and Sunday, is
“Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika.” http://www.cinestudio.org/

Wesleyan University’s Center for Film Studies summer series ends this week with
a screening of “High Noon” starring Gary Cooper on Tuesday at 7:30 pm at the
screening rooms on Washington Terrace in Middletown. There’s a post-film
discussion.www.wesleyna.edu/filmstudies/

The Hartford Free Movies in the Parks series brings you “Beauty and the Beast”
this Frida at Bushnell Park at 8 pm. www.bushnellpark.org

Now here's what's on the air tonight, on WESU:
Right after The Jive at Five stay tuned for an hour of Latin music from the
80's, 90's and early 2000's, starring Isabel.
6-6:30pm it's Your Mind Matters with Helen Evrard MD. We explore the brain
conditions known as mental illness from a holistic viewpoint with guests who
study them, treat them, or are affected by them.

And from 6:30-8pm, stay tuned for Fusion Radio with James Fusion. The original
... and still the best damn Techno mix on radio!

Starting at 8 and running until 9:30pm, it's The Warehouse with Mike Nyce. The
best of underground house music, mixed live for your listening pleasure.

From 9:30-11pm, it's The Vault with DJ Anton Banks. Presenting listeners
with the latest in hard techno, minimal, tech-house, and leftfield mixed live.

From 11 to 4am it's Studio 54, starring Franco, playing all of those disco hits
from the 1970's!
The BBC World News comes on board at 4am followed at 5 with Morning Edition
from NPR.

That’s all for today’s Jive at Five. Tune in to WESU each and every weekday at
4:55 p.m. to hear about what’s going on in the community, and on the air right
here at WESU 88.1 FM, a community service of Wesleyan University since 1939.